M3.6 earthquake 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.6 (ml), minor

Local time

Sat, Sep 25, 1971, 10:41 PM HST

UTC

1971-09-26 08:41:59 UTC

Depth

8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.388° N, 155.420° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

103°

Stations used

14

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast20 kmWSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast51 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast332 kmSE

After

1. 2.418 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Oct 20, 6:58 PM HST · 20061 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
2. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 6:27 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
3. 1.92 km E of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 7:11 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
4. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 8:47 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
5. 2.215 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 9:38 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
6. 2.020 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 10:09 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
7. 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 10:24 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
8. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 11:26 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 11:47 AM HST · 20060 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
10. 2.812 km NNW of Waimea, HawaiiThu, Oct 21, 11:39 PM HST · 20059 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
11. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 22, 5:55 AM HST · 20059 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
12. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 22, 6:45 AM HST · 20059 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
13. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 22, 9:48 AM HST · 20059 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
14. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 22, 4:28 PM HST · 20059 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
15. 1.920 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 22, 5:16 PM HST · 20059 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
16. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 23, 12:21 PM HST · 20058 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
17. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 23, 4:34 PM HST · 20058 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
18. 2.312 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Oct 23, 5:40 PM HST · 20058 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
19. 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 23, 8:23 PM HST · 20057 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.98 km W of Kalaoa, HawaiiSat, Oct 23, 9:30 PM HST · 20057 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
21. 2.319 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 1:12 AM HST · 20057 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
22. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 1:39 AM HST · 20057 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
23. 2.313 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 2:07 AM HST · 20057 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
24. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 3:12 AM HST · 20057 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
25. 2.316 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 3:34 AM HST · 20057 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
26. 2.544 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 6:53 PM HST · 20057 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
27. 2.13 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 7:24 PM HST · 20056 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
28. 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 12:01 AM HST · 20056 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
29. 2.317 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 1:08 AM HST · 20056 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
30. 2.815 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 6:00 AM HST · 20056 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
31. 2.613 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 10:28 AM HST · 20056 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
32. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 10:34 AM HST · 20056 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
33. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 1:47 PM HST · 20056 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
34. 1.916 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 2:44 PM HST · 20056 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
35. 2.121 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 8:34 PM HST · 20055 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
36. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 26, 1:51 AM HST · 20055 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
37. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 12:12 AM HST · 20054 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
38. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 2:41 AM HST · 20054 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
39. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 2:53 AM HST · 20054 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
40. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 5:21 AM HST · 20054 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
41. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 10:57 AM HST · 20054 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
42. 2.218 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 3:01 PM HST · 20054 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
43. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 7:11 PM HST · 20054 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
44. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 7:29 PM HST · 20053 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
45. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 8:35 PM HST · 20053 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
46. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 10:40 AM HST · 20053 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
47. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 12:19 PM HST · 20053 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
48. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 29, 3:49 AM HST · 20052 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
49. 2.918 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Oct 29, 2:53 PM HST · 20052 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
50. 2.729 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 29, 9:37 PM HST · 20051 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
51. 1.814 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 6:36 AM HST · 20051 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
52. 2.23 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 6:40 AM HST · 20051 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
53. 2.215 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 7:52 AM HST · 20051 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
54. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 5:12 PM HST · 20051 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
55. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 8:31 PM HST · 20050 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
56. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 2:34 AM HST · 20050 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
57. 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 5:10 AM HST · 20050 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
58. 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 4:20 PM HST · 20050 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
59. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 8:36 PM HST · 20049 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
60. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 5:43 AM HST · 20049 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19714740. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.